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Chiang Kai-shek, who had been studying in Japan, returned to China. As usual, as soon as he got off the boat, he went to visit his brother Chen Qimei.

The meeting place was arranged in a special place - a brothel in Qun Yu Fang on Wuma Road in the French Concession. What is a brothel? Well, a brothel is probably a more sophisticated brothel.

Chen Qimei, also known by his courtesy name Yingshi and pseudonym Wuwei, was a native of Wuxing, Huzhou, Zhejiang Province. He was a founding member of the Tongmenghui. He and Huang Xing were both Sun Yat-sen's right-hand men.

In 1906, Chen Qimei went to Japan to study. During this period, he became sworn brothers with Chiang Kai-shek and Huang Fu. Chen Qimei was the eldest brother, Huang Fu was the second, and Chiang Kai-shek was the third. It has been five years now.

In the brothel where Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Qimei met this time, there was only a "master" named Xiao Cuiyun, who was served by two maids. One of them was responsible for managing the "master's" clothes and jewelry, combing the "master's" hair, and doing light work such as entertaining guests. She was called "the fine maid". The other did the rough work, such as washing clothes, cooking, cleaning the house, etc. She was called "the rough maid".

Chen Qimei was very busy, welcoming and seeing off guests. He only met Chiang Kai-shek after the last batch of guests had left.

The two of them lay on the bed in "Mr."'s room, stretching their bodies, and Chiang Kai-shek felt very comfortable.

The "sir" had a lively look in his eyes and knew that they were talking about some matters of the Tongmenghui, so he temporarily avoided them. A maid was busy pouring tea and serving melon seeds.

Although she was called a nanny, commonly known as an old maid, she was not necessarily "old". The one who poured tea and served melon seeds to the two of them was a nanny who was about the same age as Chiang Kai-shek, in her twenties.

When this aunt met Chiang Kai-shek for the first time, her eyes kept moving back and forth on his face, as if conveying some kind of affection.

The action of serving tea was also exceptionally gentle, coordinated and thoughtful. Her every move and gesture, every movement of her body, exuded a feminine charm that made men's hearts beat faster.

Chiang Kai-shek took a closer look at the woman, who had fair skin, pretty features, a slender figure, and a plump body. Chiang Kai-shek could not help but be moved.

"What's your name?" Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but ask.

"My last name is Yao, and my given name is Aqiao." The aunt answered in a shy voice, with a sweet smile on her lips. Her voice was soft and her smile was beautiful.

Chiang Kai-shek remembered it in his heart. He was about to ask something else when his brother Chen Qimei spoke up: "Yiqin, go out first. I will call you if there is something. If not, no one of you is allowed to come in."

"Brother Qimei calls her Yiqun, but he told me her name is Aqiao; perhaps Aqiao is her real name, and Yiqun is her pseudonym? What's the meaning of telling guests your real name in a romantic place?" Looking at Aqiao closing the door and leaving, Chiang Kai-shek pondered the meaning behind Aqiao's words and actions to him, feeling a little lost.

On this day, Chiang Kai-shek came to Qun Yufang with his beautiful brother again.

A sumptuous banquet had been set up in the hall's room.

The eldest brother Chen Qimei and the third brother Chiang Kai-shek took their seats in turn. "Mr." Xiao Cuiyun accompanied the eldest brother Chen Qimei, and the spy aunt Yao Aqiao took the initiative to run to Chiang Kai-shek and accompanied Chiang Kai-shek.

Chiang Kai-shek was not good at drinking, and after three cups his face turned red.

Yao Aqiao took the wine glass from Jiang Jieshi and said, "Brother, you can't drink anymore. How about I toast to you on your behalf?"

Chen Qimei looked at Yao Aqiao, then at Chiang Kai-shek, "Oh, you are worried about my third brother, right?" As she spoke, she burst into a hearty laugh, then pointed at Yao Aqiao and asked Chiang Kai-shek, "Third brother, how are you?"

Chiang Kai-shek blushed and didn't know what to say.

"Aqiao, tell me about your life story," said Chen Qimei.

Yao Aqiao spoke eloquently and softly as she recounted her life story.

Chiang Kai-shek listened very carefully.

Yao Aqiao was born in the 13th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu (Oh, the same age as me, Chiang Kai-shek thought to himself). Her father, Yao Abao, had only this one daughter and raised her like a precious jewel in his palm. Unfortunately, just as she was beginning to understand the world, both her parents passed away and Aqiao was adopted by her uncle, Yao Xiaobao. When Aqiao reached the age of marriage, Yao Xiaobao had no children, so he recognized his niece as his daughter and asked someone to match him up with Shen Tiansheng, the second son of the Shen family who lived in Shangfanggang Village on the bank of Cao Lake and rented land, to be brought into the Yao family and married Aqiao. Shen Tiansheng then changed his surname to Yao Tiansheng.

After marriage, the newlyweds went to Shanghai to make a living. Yao Tiansheng followed his uncle in the Baxianqiao area to do manual labor such as funeral work and footwork.

At this time, Yao Tiansheng lived a relatively comfortable life. He often went to "Chaoyang Tower" to drink tea, smoked opium and gradually developed many bad habits. As a result, he spent all his hard-earned money and wasted his body and spirit. When he was drunk, he would beat and kick Aqiao for the slightest dissatisfaction, and the relationship between the couple deteriorated day by day. As his addiction to smoking became more and more serious, Yao Tiansheng could not make ends meet and eventually became poor.

Aqiao had no one to rely on, so she had to come here to work as a maid and was given the nickname Yiqun.

"I'll change your name," Chiang Kai-shek said. "How about changing Yiqin to Yecheng?" He explained, "'Ye' is taken from Yechangjing River in Wuxian, where Ah Qiao was born, and 'Cheng' means sincerity and sincerity."

Chen Qimei understood what Chiang Kai-shek meant and said "good!" Yao Aqiao also understood his thoughts and bowed to express her gratitude.

"In fact, as far as I know, Mr. Sun also had several concubines." Under the influence of alcohol, Chen Qimei no longer concealed the truth for the sake of his respected elder and told Chiang Kai-shek everything he knew about Sun Yat-sen's affairs.

Chiang Kai-shek later became the head of the National Revolutionary Army. He drank with Chen Qimei again in Shanghai, and of course, "Mr." and Yao Aqiao were still there.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Chen Qimei whispered a few words in the "master's" ear, waved his hand and said: "Okay, third brother, take your Yecheng home!"

Chiang Kai-shek was extremely excited. He bid farewell to his elder brother, took Yao Yecheng with him, and hurried back to his secret residence at No. 13, Xinminli, Pushi Road, French Concession.

These days, Chiang Kai-shek, who was used to getting up early, got up later than usual with Yao Yecheng's company. That day, after breakfast, he went to the Fifth Regiment Headquarters, and suddenly an old man asked to see him.

As soon as they met, Chiang Kai-shek realized that the visitor was Yao Yecheng's adoptive father Yao Xiaobao.

It turned out that Yao Xiaobao had not seen Aqiao for many days, so he went to Qun Yufang to look for her and learned that Aqiao had been taken away by Chiang Kai-shek.

"I raised Aqiao to continue my family line," Yao Xiaobao said to Chiang Kai-shek. "Aqiao is a married woman. Please, Commander Chiang, return Aqiao to me."

"I don't know the Ah Qiao you are talking about." Chiang Kai-shek could only evade the question by saying, "You'd better find her in person first."

After Chiang Kai-shek came back, he said to Yao Yecheng, "You must not let your adoptive father find out where you are, so as to avoid any trouble."

Yao Yecheng had no choice but to avoid Yao Xiaobao everywhere.

That day, Yao Yecheng came to the theater box to watch a play.

"Qiaomei!" Suddenly, a woman called her.

Yao Yecheng took a look and saw that it was her cousin Yao Yueying.

Yao Yecheng wanted to avoid her, but it was too late, so he had to go up and start a conversation.

"Uncle is looking for you so hard!" Yao Yueying sighed, "You are always hiding like this, what's the matter?"

"Oh! What should I do?" Yao Yecheng sighed, and simply explained the situation to his cousin Yao Yueying, asking her for help and mediation.

Yao Yueying agreed.

Yao Yecheng hurriedly told Chiang Kai-shek about this situation.

Chiang Kai-shek remained silent.

"If I follow you, what should I do about Yao Tiansheng?" Yao Yecheng asked.

At this point, Chiang Kai-shek could only think of a solution. To get rid of the trouble, he couldn't use his power to oppress others like the warlords and bandits, so he could only use money to talk. So Chiang Kai-shek said: "Restore his original surname, pay him a sum of money, and let him find a new wife."

Yao Yecheng told Yao Yueying about this idea.

Yao Yueying said, "If Uncle agrees to this plan, you can't just follow this Jiang without knowing the reason. The Jiang family must hold a wedding banquet and officially take you in as a concubine." Yao Yueying added, "Otherwise Uncle won't agree. This is also for your own good. Otherwise, you won't have a status there, and the relationship here will be severed. What will you do if Jiang dumps you in the future?"

After Yao Yueying returned, she told Yao Xiaobao about the situation and said that Ah Qiao suffered too much from being beaten and scolded all day long with Yao Tiansheng. After much discussion, Yao Xiaobao had no choice but to agree to the solution proposed by Chiang Kai-shek.

Chiang Kai-shek gave Yao Tiansheng some money, and Yao Tiansheng left happily.

Chiang Kai-shek followed the procedure for taking a concubine and first wrote a letter to report the news to his mother.

After getting his mother's consent, Chiang Kai-shek came forward and held a banquet, officially taking Yao Yecheng as his concubine.

From then on, Chiang Kai-shek had his second daughter-in-law, Yao Yecheng. Chiang Kai-shek and Yao Yecheng had no children, so they adopted a child (said to be Dai Jitao's illegitimate child), who was Chiang Wei-kuo.